Ickes Urges End To Red Tape In Housing Program
Washington June 28 Harold L Ickes PWA administrator denounces delays in slum clearance and low rent housing complaining red tape stalls land purchase contracts and construction. He notes $249 006 000 for housing and 24 projects totaling 91 000 000 submitted to the budget bureau but not yet approved.
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Harold L. Ickes
New York
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Bureau of the Budget
Ickes
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Comptroller General
Sunny avenue orchestra and Mary Elizabeth Suber dancers wow audience
The program showcased musical, acrobatic, and dramatic talent with enthusiastic applause. The Sunny avenue orchestra, a group of young children, and the Mary Elizabeth Suber dancers drew particular attention.
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Tional Security Association
Sunny Avenue
Mary Elizabeth Suber
Grand Jury Called To Probe Beating Of Robert Minor
In New Mexico a special grand jury will investigate the abduction and beating of Communist writer Robert Minor and attorney David Levison near Gallup. They disappeared May 2 after visiting the old Spanish square and claimed they were seized by hooded men. Local officials questioned the account while Gov. Tingley dispatched state troopers.
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International Labor Defense
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Indian Bureau
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Minor
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Arizona
Union High Show Delights Crowd
A crowded Union High audience enjoyed the National Security Association sponsored Jamboree de Luxe. Judge R Lawrence Hildebrand opened the program with a brief address on the U S Constitution and national ideals. A repeat performance at Benjamin Franklin Junior High was expected to draw a larger crowd.
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National Security Association
Union High School
Benjamin Franklin
R. Lawrence Hildebrand
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Five Thousand Children Immunized in Diphtheria Campaign
Harrisburg report states five thousand children were immunized against diphtheria over three weeks with nurses from the State Health Department and Schick testing for 1389 children. Family physicians led the effort across localities as part of seasonal child health programs.
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State Health Department
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Sixth Warders To Face Mahoning Independents At Lee Avenue
Tonight at the Lee avenue grounds the Sixth Warders meet the Mahoning Independents in a fast game slated to start at 6 o'clock. The firemen aim for their fifth straight win of the year.
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Lee Avenue
Mahoning Independents
Westfield Presby Church Plans Sunday Morning Children’s Day
Westfield Presbyterian church hosts Children’s Day exercises Sunday morning at 11 o'clock expected to draw a large crowd. Regular worship follows in the evening at 8 o'clock.
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Westfield Presbyterian Church
Emerson Still Bay State Favorite Among Massachusetts Literati
The Massachusetts literary group ranks Ralph Waldo Emerson as the top writer except for Shakespeare and the Bible. In a survey of 75 members, the essays lead, with Homer’s Odyssey second and Boswell’s Life of Johnson, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Franklin’s Autobiography, and James Truslow Adams’ Epic of America also highly rated. In fiction, Pickwick Papers, Three Musketeers, The Scarlet Letter, and The Forsyte Saga are favored.
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Dead Man Back Slayers Freed In Spain Miscarriage
In Cuenca Spain two men released after eight years for a murder they did not commit. Their supposed victim confessed to the crime, triggering release. The forger who supplied false testimony has been arraigned on forgery and related charges.
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International News Service
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Shepard
Church to Host Two Day Convention
Rev W V Montgomery announces the Church of God at No 2 Mine will hold a convention on Saturday and Sunday inviting all district congregations. About 1000 journalists have been struck from German registers for not being of the pure race.
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Brothers Break Record For Endurance Flight
Meridians Al and Fred Key in Meridian Mississippi shattered the official endurance flight record in a tiny monoplane named Ole Miss. They passed 571 hours at 7 32 a m CST surpassing the 553 hours 41 minutes 30 seconds held by Kenneth and John Hunter. They aim for the 647 hours 28 minutes 30 seconds unofficial mark as they refuse to land while airborne.
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John Hunter
Dale Jackson
Forest O’brien
St. Louis
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Central Press
Victory Day Celebration at Key Field Honors Fliers
A repeat performance is planned for today at Key Field during a victory day celebration. The city renamed the municipal airport in honor of the fliers by official action of the city council.
Officers Chosen At Bible Conference In Slippery Rock
Rev. H. C. McClure of Slippery Rock was elected president of the Western Pennsylvania Bible Conference. Butler merchant Charles Troutman became the first layman on the executive, named vice president. Rev. H. H. Van Cleve of Grove City was reelected executive secretary. Rev. C. C. Mohney, founder now of Sandy Lake, was elected treasurer. Meetings will return to Slippery Rock for the seventh consecutive year.
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H. C. McClure
Western Pennsylvania Bible Conference
Charles Troutman
Butler Merchant
H. H. van Cleve
Grove City
C. C. Mohney
Sandy Lake
Runaway Flatcar Tour Down Montana Hillside
G F Wilkinson a railroad conductor survived a 29 mile run on a runaway flatcar loaded with steel rails with a dead man as his only companion. The car sped down Evaro Hill near Arlee reaching 90 miles an hour and struck two motorcar speeders killing F A Lombardi and Alfred Morkert. Morkert’s body was thrown aboard the car before Wilkinson regain control near McDonald Montana.
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Average U S Man Has Higher Mental Age Than Thought
Government intelligence tests and expert analysis claim the adult population in the United States has an average mental age around 17.7 years rather than 12. Segel argues Binet tests undervalue adult intelligence and that most adults score above child level.
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David Segel
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Edward L. Thorndyke
Harold E. Jones
Herbert S. Conrad
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